Patents by Inventor Wen-Chien Huang

Wen-Chien Huang has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20160379712
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a low voltage difference-operated EEPROM and an operating method thereof, wherein at least one transistor structure is formed in a semiconductor substrate and each includes a first electric-conduction gate. Same type ions are implanted into a region of the semiconductor substrate, which is near interfaces of a source, a drain and the first electric-conduction gate, or ion-doped regions of the source and the drain, to increase the ion concentration thereof, whereby to reduce the voltage differences required for writing and erasing. The present invention also discloses an operating method for the low voltage difference-operated EEPROM, in addition to the EEPROM with a single gate transistor structure, the present invention also applies to the EEPROM with a single floating gate transistor structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: HSIN-CHANG LIN, WEN-CHIEN HUANG, YA-TING FAN, CHIA-HAO TAI, TUNG-YU YEH
  • Publication number: 20160329104
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a low voltage difference-operated EEPROM and an operating method thereof, wherein at least one transistor structure is formed in a semiconductor substrate and each includes a first electric-conduction gate. Same type ions are implanted into a region of the semiconductor substrate, which is near interfaces of a source, a drain and the first electric-conduction gate, or ion-doped regions of the source and the drain, to increase the ion concentration thereof, whereby to reduce the voltage differences required for writing and erasing. The present invention also discloses an operating method for the low voltage difference-operated EEPROM. In addition to the EEPROM with a single gate transistor structure, the present invention also applies to the EEPROM with a single floating gate transistor structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2015
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Inventors: HSIN-CHANG LIN, WEN-CHIEN HUANG, YA-TING FAN, CHIA-HAO TAI, TUNG-YU YEH
  • Patent number: 9318208
    Abstract: A method for operating a small-area EEPROM array is disclosed. The small-area EEPROM array comprises bit lines, word lines, common source lines, and sub-memory arrays. The bit lines are divided into bit line groups. The word lines include a first word line. The common source lines include a first common source line. Each sub-memory array includes a first, second, third and fourth memory cells, which are connected with two bit line groups, a word line and a common source line. The first and second memory cells are symmetric. The third and fourth memory cells are symmetric. The group of the first and second memory cells and the group of the third and fourth memory cells are respectively positioned at two sides of the first common source line. The method operates all operation memory cells and uses special biases to program or erase memory cells massively in a single operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: Yield Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Hsin-Chang Lin, Wen-Chien Huang, Ya-Ting Fan, Yang-Sen Yeh, Cheng-Ying Wu
  • Patent number: 9281312
    Abstract: A non-volatile memory with a single gate-source common terminal and an operation method thereof are provided. The non-volatile memory includes a transistor and a capacitor structure both embedded in a semiconductor substrate. The transistor includes a first dielectric layer, a first electric-conduction gate and several first ion-doped regions. The capacitor structure includes a second dielectric layer, a second electric-conduction gate and a second ion-doped region. The memory may further include a third ion-doped region below the second dielectric layer. The first and second electric-conduction gates are electrically connected to form a single floating gate of the memory cell. The source and second ion-doped region are electrically connected to form a single gate-source common terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: Yield Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Hsin-Chang Lin, Ya-Ting Fan, Wen-Chien Huang
  • Patent number: 9240242
    Abstract: A method for operating a low-cost EEPROM array is disclosed. The EEPROM array comprises bit lines, word lines, common source lines, and sub-memory arrays. The bit lines are divided into bit line groups. The word lines include a first word line and a second word line. The common source lines include a first common source line. Each sub-memory array includes a first memory cell and a second memory cell, which are respectively connected with the first and second word lines. Each of the first and second memory cells is also connected with the first bit line group and the first common source line. The first and second memory cells are operation memory cells and symmetrically arranged at two sides of the first common source line. The method operates all the operation memory cells and uses special biases to program or erase memory cells massively in a single operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignee: Yield Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Hsin-Chang Lin, Wen-Chien Huang, Ya-Ting Fan, Yang-Sen Yeh, Cheng-Ying Wu
  • Publication number: 20160013194
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a non-volatile memory with a single gate-source common terminal and an operation method thereof. The non-volatile memory comprises a transistor and a capacitor structure both embedded in a semiconductor substrate. The transistor includes a first dielectric layer, a first electric-conduction gate and several first ion-doped regions. The capacitor structure includes a second dielectric layer, a second electric-conduction gate and a second ion-doped region. The memory may further comprise a third ion-doped region below the second dielectric layer. The first and second electric-conduction gates are electrically connected to form a single floating gate of the memory cell. The source and second ion-doped region are electrically connected to form a single gate-source common terminal. The present invention greatly decreases the area and control lines of the memory cell and thus effectively reduces the cost thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2014
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Inventors: HSIN-CHANG LIN, YA-TING FAN, WEN-CHIEN HUANG
  • Publication number: 20130334586
    Abstract: A non-self-aligned non-volatile memory structure, comprising: a semiconductor substrate; a left floating gate memory cell and a right floating gate memory cell; a control gate; and a gate insulation layer disposed among said two floating gate memory cells and said control gate. Drains of said two floating gate memory cells are connected to different voltage levels. Said control gate is over said two floating gate memory cells, to cover said floating gates of said two floating gate memory cells, so as to control said two floating gates simultaneously. Said non-self-aligned non-volatile memory structure mentioned above does not require line-to-line alignment of gates, thus reducing significantly the complexity of manufacturing process, and number of layers of photo masks required, in achieving production cost reduction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2012
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Applicant: YIELD MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: HSIN CHANG LIN, WEN CHIEN HUANG, YA-TING FAN
  • Publication number: 20130181276
    Abstract: A non-self aligned non-volatile memory structure includes a semiconductor substrate; a first gate insulation layer on said semiconductor substrate; a floating gate on first gate insulation layer; two doped regions in said semiconductor substrate, which are respectively on two sides of said first gate insulation layer, and adjoining said first gate insulation layer; a second gate insulation layer on said floating gate; and a control gate on said second gate insulation layer. Width of said control gate on said floating gate is less than that of said floating gate, and width of said control gate not on said floating gate is equal to or greater than width of said floating gate. Through the two non-self aligned gates, the non-volatile memory does not need to meet the requirement of gate line-to-line alignment, thus reducing complexity and cost of manufacturing process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2012
    Publication date: July 18, 2013
    Applicant: YIELD MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: HSIN CHANG LIN, WEN CHIEN HUANG, YA-TING FAN
  • Patent number: 8218369
    Abstract: A non-volatile memory low voltage and high speed erasure method, the non-volatile memory is realized through disposing a stacked gate structure having a control gate and a floating gate on a semiconductor substrate or in an isolation well, such that adequate hot holes are generated in proceeding with low voltage and high speed erasure operation through a drain reverse bias and making changes to gate voltage. In addition, through applying positive and negative voltages on a drain, a gate, and a semiconductor substrate or well regions, adequate hot holes are generated, so as to lower the absolute voltage in achieving the objective of reducing voltage of erasing memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: Yield Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Hsin Chang Lin, Wen-Chien Huang
  • Publication number: 20110182124
    Abstract: A non-volatile memory low voltage and high speed erasure method, the non-volatile memory is realized through disposing a stacked gate structure having a control gate and a floating gate on a semiconductor substrate or in an isolation well, such that adequate hot holes are generated in proceeding with low voltage and high speed erasure operation through a drain reverse bias and making changes to gate voltage. In addition, through applying positive and negative voltages on a drain, a gate, and a semiconductor substrate or well regions, adequate hot holes are generated, so as to lower the absolute voltage in achieving the objective of reducing voltage of erasing memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2010
    Publication date: July 28, 2011
    Applicant: YIELD MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: HSIN CHANG LIN, WEN CHIEN HUANG
  • Publication number: 20090185429
    Abstract: A non-volatile memory with single floating gate and the method for operating the same are proposed. The non-volatile memory is formed by embedding a FET structure in a semiconductor substrate. The FET comprises a single floating gate, a dielectric, and two ion-doped regions in the semiconductor at two sides of the dielectric. The memory cell of the proposed nonvolatile memory with single floating gate can perform many times of operations such as write, erase and read by means of a reverse bias.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2008
    Publication date: July 23, 2009
    Inventors: Hsin Chang Lin, Wen Chien Huang, Ming Tsang Yang
  • Patent number: 7423903
    Abstract: A single-gate non-volatile memory and an operation method thereof, wherein a transistor and a capacitor structure are embedded in a semiconductor substrate; the transistor comprises: a first electrically-conductive gate, a first dielectric layer, and multiple ion-doped regions; the capacitor structure comprises: a second electrically-conductive gate, a second dielectric layer, and a second on-doped region; the first electrically-conductive gate and the second electrically-conductive gate are interconnected to form a single floating gate of a memory cell; a reverse bias is used to implement the reading, writing, and erasing operations of the single-floating-gate memory cell; in the operation of a single-gate non-volatile memory with an isolation well, positive and negative voltages are applied to the drain, the gate, and the silicon substrate/the isolation well to create an inversion layer so that the absolute voltage, the area of the voltage booster circuit, and the current consumption can be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2008
    Assignee: Yield Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Hsin-Chang Lin, Wen-Chien Huang, Ming-Tsang Yang, Hao-Cheng Chang, Cheng-Ying Wu
  • Publication number: 20080173915
    Abstract: A single-gate non-volatile memory and an operation method thereof, wherein a transistor and a capacitor structure are embedded in a semiconductor substrate; the transistor comprises: a first electrically-conductive gate, a first dielectric layer, and multiple ion-doped regions; the capacitor structure comprises: a second electrically-conductive gate, a second dielectric layer, and a second on-doped region; the first electrically-conductive gate and the second electrically-conductive gate are interconnected to form a single floating gate of a memory cell; a reverse bias is used to implement the reading, writing, and erasing operations of the single-floating-gate memory cell; in the operation of a single-gate non-volatile memory with an isolation well, positive and negative voltages are applied to the drain, the gate, and the silicon substrate/the isolation well to create an inversion layer so that the absolute voltage, the area of the voltage booster circuit, and the current consumption can be reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2008
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Inventors: Hsin-Chang Lin, Wen-Chien Huang, Ming-Tsang Yang, Hao-Cheng Chang, Cheng-Ying Wu
  • Publication number: 20080035973
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a low-noise single-gate non-volatile memory and an operation method thereof, wherein a transistor and a capacitor structure are embedded in a semiconductor substrate; the electrically-conductive gate of the transistor and the electrically-conductive gate of the capacitor structure are interconnected to form a single floating gate of a memory cell; an ion-doped buried layer is formed between the dielectric layer of the capacitor structure and the semiconductor substrate to reduce the external interference on the capacitor structure and control the initial threshold voltage; a reverse bias may be used to implement the reading, writing, and erasing operations of the single-floating-gate memory cell; in the operation of the low-noise single-gate non-volatile memory having an isolation well, positive and negative voltages may be applied to the drain, the gate, and the silicon substrate/the isolation well to create an inversion layer, and thereby, the absolute voltage, the area of th
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2006
    Publication date: February 14, 2008
    Inventors: Hsin Chang Lin, Wen Chien Huang, Hao Cheng Chang, Cheng Ying Wu, Ming Tsang Yang
  • Publication number: 20070241392
    Abstract: A non-volatile memory structure and a method for operating the same are proposed. The non-volatile memory structure makes use of a single floating gate structure and a capacitor structure including a pair of regions doped with different type impurities to increase the capacitance and shrink the area. When performing programming operations to this memory structure, a voltage is applied to the source or a back bias is applied to the substrate of the transistor to greatly reduce the current requirement of a single-gate EEPROM device. When performing erase operations, the drain voltage is raised, and a small voltage is added to the gate to increase the F-N tunneling current, thereby accomplishing the effect of fast erase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2006
    Publication date: October 18, 2007
    Inventors: Hsin-Chang Lin, Wen-Chien Huang, Ming-Tsang Yang, Hao-Cheng Chang, Cheng-Ying Wu
  • Publication number: 20070241383
    Abstract: A single-gate non-volatile memory and an operation method thereof, wherein a transistor and a capacitor structure are embedded in a semiconductor substrate; the transistor comprises: a first electrically-conductive gate, a first dielectric layer, and multiple ion-doped regions; the capacitor structure comprises: a second electrically-conductive gate, a second dielectric layer, and a second on-doped region; the first electrically-conductive gate and the second electrically-conductive gate are interconnected to form a single floating gate of a memory cell; a reverse bias is used to implement the reading, writing, and erasing operations of the single-floating-gate memory cell; in the operation of a single-gate non-volatile memory with an isolation well, positive and negative voltages are applied to the drain, the gate, and the silicon substrate/the isolation well to create an inversion layer so that the absolute voltage, the area of the voltage booster circuit, and the current consumption can be reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2006
    Publication date: October 18, 2007
    Inventors: Hsin-Chang Lin, Wen-Chien Huang, Ming-Tsang Yang, Hao-Cheng Chang, Cheng-Ying Wu
  • Publication number: 20020085404
    Abstract: The present invention proposes a smart RAM formed by assembling memory arrays of different functions. The smart RAM comprises mainly a first memory array, a second memory array, and a buffer memory array. The first memory array is mainly used to store large data or resident data. The second memory array is mainly used to store small data or commonly used data. The buffer memory array is connected between the first and second memory arrays and is mainly used as an array for fast shifting of data stored in the first and second memory arrays to accomplish the transfer and communication of signals between each memory. The smart RAM comprising memory arrays of different types has the function of automatically judging the characteristics of data, and also has the advantage of letting the operation of a microprocessor be faster and power-saving.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2001
    Publication date: July 4, 2002
    Inventors: Shao-Chun Lu, Wen-Chien Huang
  • Publication number: 20020041457
    Abstract: The present invention provides a color filter utilizing two complementary colors having a plurality of color units each comprised of a primary color and its complementary color. A black frame can be further overspread on the periphery of the two colors. A color filter having two complementary colors is exploited in the present invention so as to achieve the object of multi-color display. Because the present invention has the characteristics of low price, simple structure, and easy fabrication, it can be widely applied to display devices of portable products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2001
    Publication date: April 11, 2002
    Inventors: Wei-Chen Liang, Pin Chang, Wen-Chien Huang, Heng-Chung Wu